Kindergarten papers

Just curious what everyone is doing with the papers the kids are bringing home from school ..I started a folder to put everything in, which is getting full quickly, So, I'm guessing ita going to turn into a binder soon. ;) I also have a notebook for my kindergartner and my pre-schooler. I wrote about how they felt the first day, how I felt, how the brothers coped, wrote in it after the first week, wrote about when they first got in trouble, just wrote down a lot of the firsts. I like to ask them how they feel, what they like, etc. I figured years down the road it'll be fun to look back and read them, and he might even enjoy it too:)

Last year in PreK 4 I kept all the papers for about 6 weeks, then I would go through and pick out the really special stuff (progress reports, art projects, his progression on writing his name), then I would toss the other stuff. I did that for every 6 weeks, then at the end of the year, I went through my "keep" folder and ended up clearing a little more out. I'm doing the same thing this year in Kindergarten. I'm a total sentimental freak, but it wasn't very hard to decide what was extra special and what could be tossed.

I have a 2 drawer filing cabinet. I bought some of the hanging folders that go in there. I am going to lable them each year with the grade and years, then on the front put his first day of school picture. I also have an interview page that I will give him on the first day. A little over kill probably, but I'm a pack rat when it comes to my kids, lol. I had a box of stuff from PreK, mostly all his artwork, progress reports, journal, etc. I'm doing the same there year with Kindergarten. It's hard not to keep it all, but stuff like writing the letter "L" 15 times I toss after I look at it and praise him for the job well done.

The second drawer will be for little sister when she starts PreK, but she still has 2 more years.

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Lindsey+Blake=DS (12-28-06)andDD (2-23-2010).

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